Atagema osseosa

Atagema osseosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Atagema
Species: A. osseosa
Binomial name
Atagema osseosa
(Kelaart, 1859)
Synonyms
Trippa osseosa

Atagema osseosa is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.[1]

Distribution

This species is found in the tropical Indo-West Pacific Ocean.

Description

This nudibranch has evolved to mimic closely in appearance the sandy-coloured sponge on which it both lives and feeds off.[1]

Ecology

Like many nudibranchs, this species feeds on sponges.

References

  1. 1 2 Kelaart, E.F. (1858). Description of new and little known species of Ceylon nudibranchiate molluscs and zoophytes. Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Columbo, 3(1): 84-139. Accessed through:Sea Slug Forum at http://www.seaslugforum.net/showall/triposse on 2012-02-29
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